See Also: vena phrenica inferior(medicine)
arteria phrenica inferior(medicine)
vena ophthalmica inferior(medicine)
vena basalis inferior(medicine)
vena cava inferior(medicine)
vena thyroidea inferior(medicine)
vena epigastrica inferior(medicine)
vena choroidea inferior(medicine)
vena mesenterica inferior(medicine)
vena labialis inferior(medicine)

merciful (iou) and vena phrenica inferior (medicine)


merciful (iou)



merciful adjective. ME.
[from MERCY + -FUL.]
Having, feeling, or exercising mercy; characterized by mercy; compassionate; affording relief from misery etc.
Dryden God is infinitely merciful. G. K. Chesterton The world was growing more merciful and therefore no one would ever desire to kill. E. Pizzey When you get to my age, death really is a merciful release. J. Mortimer There was a merciful gap in Leslie's speech, into which the Chairman hurried to pour oil.
mercifully adverb (a) in a merciful manner; as a mercy, through (God's) mercy; (b) colloq. (modifying a sentence) it is a mercy (that), fortunately: ME.
mercifulness noun LME.

vena phrenica inferior (medicine)


vena phrenica inferior -->
inferior phrenic vein
<anatomy, vein> The vein that drains the substance of the diaphragm and empties on the right side into the inferior vena cava, on the left side into the left suprarenal vein; often a second vein on the left side passes transversely across the diaphragm anterior to the oesophageal hiatus to enter the inferior vena cava.

Synonym: vena phrenica inferior.